Scope and Contents File contains a copy of the Last Will and Testament of Carrie E. Tolley of Cairo. The will names her heirs and gives detailed lists of belonings each is to inherit on her death.

Scope and Contents File contains a letter of Arnold Chapman, Deputy State Engineer, to Herbert Bogardus, Supervisor of the Town of Cairo, forwarding a detailed description of the surveyed boundaries of the Town of Cairo.

Scope and Contents File contains the Last Will and Testament of Benjamin Tryon.

Scope and Contents File contains a single letter of Pricilla Weeks at Cairo to her sister Angeline Pine at Katerskill [Cauterskill] regarding updates in their personal lives. Priscilla mentions having attended a Camp Meeting, muses on mortality and her faith, and names some mutual acquaintances.

Scope and Contents File contains a selection of Last Wills and Testaments for residents of the Town of Cairo.

Scope and Contents File contains paperwork concerning the mortgage payments made on the Canal Boat "Dema and Willie" sold by Abram Masters of Ithaca, NY to Hugh Rust of the State of New Jersey.

Scope and Contents File contains a court decision concerning a dispute over the estate of John Carpenter, deceased, among his heirs.

Scope and Contents File contains two documents, the first being a decision in the Court of Common Pleas concerning a dispute between Charles Abeel and Farrel Reilley, an insolvent debtor. The court case also establishes many of the facts of Farrell Reilley's life up to that time. The other document is a note certifying payment of C. A. Philips following the dissolution of a firm formed with Charles Abeel.

Scope and Contents File contains a selection of papers of the Abeel Family of Catskill, including the 1811 Will of David Abeel. Within the file are several indentures for land and a map showing subdivided parcels in one division of the Lindsey Patent. This particular map also shows the original boundaries of the Village Cemetery in Catskill as first laid out below Botsford Road [now Thompson Street]. Other documents within the file are inventoried.

Scope and Contents File contains correspondence between Abraham Van Dyck of Coxsackie and James Powers of Catskill concerning lands described in the estate of Judge Garrit Abeel upon his passing. Also included are two indentures for land, the first being a deed of Anthony Abeel to Garrit Abeel in 1800, and the second a deed from Mary Van Wagenen, Alexander Paton, Ann Paton, Tunis Van Wagenen, Susan Van Wagenen, and Mary Merrifs to Garrit Abeel in 1818. Also included is a map showing surveyed lands on the Catskill...